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How to get the current user role in WordPress?
To get the current user role in WordPress you need first to check if the user is logged in then use the wp_get_current_user () function to retrieve the data about the roles. If you don’t know how to know if a user is logged in WordPress, I wrote a good tutorial here – how to check if the user is logged in in WordPress.
What are the roles of a wordpress site?
WordPress uses a concept of Roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site. A site owner can manage the user access to such tasks as writing and editing posts, creating Pages, creating categories, moderating comments, managing plugins, managing themes,…
Where do I set my default role in WordPress?
The default role for new users can be set in Administration Screens > Settings > General. A Role defines a set of tasks a user assigned the role is allowed to perform. For instance, the Super Admin role encompasses every possible task that can be performed within a Network of virtual WordPress sites.
What is the role of an administrator in WordPress?
Administrator ( slug: ‘administrator’) – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site. Editor ( slug: ‘editor’) – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users. Author ( slug: ‘author’ ) – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
How to check if a user is in a specific role?
The following function works with user id you can get the current user id by $current_user_id = get_current_user_id (); This is old post but here is one universal function what working on the all WordPress versions. With this function you can search logged in user by role or by user ID/email. Also accept user roles array.
Can a role name be passed to the current user?
UPDATE: Passing a role name to current_user_can () is no longer guaranteed to work correctly (see #22624 ). Instead, you may wish to check user role: I was looking for a way to get a user’s role using the user’s id.
Can a user have more than one role?
In the example above, I return the roles as an array – because it might be the case that your user has more than one role. For instance, they could be a subscriber and a customer. However, if you are confident that they will just have one role, then use the line below that’s been commented out.